Pasture-fed pigs also deliver fewer omega-6 fatty acids, which predominate in the standard American diet to highly unhealthful effect.

Leaders in humane pig husbandryThe pure, delicious pork we’re proud to offer is the savory fruit of a vision.

That holistic vision is what drives ninth-generation farmer John Arbuckle and his wife Holly, the co-founders of Missouri’s Singing Prairie Farms.

John — a self-described “pork nerd” — has become a leader in the campaign to simultaneously raise the quality of pigs’ lives and the nutritional and health quality of pork.

The Arbuckles practice rotational foraging — a traditional way that works several wonders:

Enhances pork’s nutritional quality

Enriches soil fertility and resiliency

Protects water purity in local streams

Preserves and expands wildlife habitat

Holly and John raise their pigs humanely, without drugs, and let them forage freely on pure, rich, pasture.

They farm naturally without agri-chemicals, sow their fields with diverse, pig-friendly plants, and practice rotational grazing to enrich the soil. As needed seasonally, the animals’ pasture diet is supplemented with non-GMO whole grain.

The Arbuckles strive to continually raise the proportion of forage in their animals’ diet and minimize the amount of grain, which is already comparatively small.